https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe over the past two years, with half that number having vanished in Italy. But what’s happened to them? https://www.thelocal.it/20160201/thousands-of-migrant-kids-have-vanished-in-italy-but-where-are-they Mon, 01 Feb 2016 16:29:34 +0100 thousands-of-migrant-kids-have-vanished-in-italy-but-where-are-they A report from the institute, ISMU, showed that the number of non-Italian children in Italy has more than doubled over the past decade, with thousands arriving alone by boat. https://www.thelocal.it/20151204/nearly-11000-minors-arrived-alone-in-italy-in-2015 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:57:52 +0100 nearly-11000-minors-arrived-alone-in-italy-in-2015 At the end of last year there were 3,707 children unaccounted for who arrived in Italy by boat, a quarter of minors who came ashore, Interior Minister Angelino Alfano has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20150115/3707-boat-migrant-children-missing-in-italy Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:01:00 +0100 3707-boat-migrant-children-missing-in-italy Italian authorities have accelerated the transfer of refugees from a centre in the outskirts of Rome, amid escalating violence as residents called for foreigners to be driven out of the area. https://www.thelocal.it/20141114/refugee-children-moved-as-violence-mounts-at-rome-centre Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:33:00 +0100 refugee-children-moved-as-violence-mounts-at-rome-centre Two Italian schoolgirls – aged 14 and 15 – have told police how they worked as prostitutes after school so that they could buy makeup and clothes. https://www.thelocal.it/20140228/girls-14-worked-as-prostitutes-to-buy-clothes Fri, 28 Feb 2014 17:15:00 +0100 girls-14-worked-as-prostitutes-to-buy-clothes